Zed

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Comp identity — Jungle / Mid / Top

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 90%
Splitworkable · 40%
Attackforced · 10%
Zed deletes the target the moment someone is caught. Enough Split sits in the kit to threaten a side lane once the map opens. Passive Contempt for the Weak adds true bonus magic damage on autos vs sub-50% HP targets, rewarding finishing low-health targets with basic attacks.

Kit quirks

Passive Contempt for the Weak adds true bonus magic damage on autos vs sub-50% HP targets, rewarding finishing low-health targets with basic attacks
W Living Shadow creates a clone that mimics Q and E, and can be recast to swap positions, functioning as both extra burst and an escape/repositioning tool
R Death Mark banks a percentage of all pre-mitigation damage dealt during the mark duration and detonates it at the end, rewarding landing Q/E/autos before the mark expires

How Zed actually performs in ranked solo queue · 123 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Mid48% WR · 86.5 games
Jungle50% WR · 18.4 games
Top52% WR · 12.6 games
Bot49% WR · 5.0 games
Support50% WR · 0.3 games

Strongest duos

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Zed — The Master of Shadows

Class: Assassin
Resource: Energy
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Jungle, Middle
Released: 2012-11-13 (V1.0.0.151)
Last changed: V26.10
Price: 675 BE · 585 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	654	+99	2337
Health regen (per 5s)	7	+0.65	18.05
Energy	200	—	200
Energy regen (per 5s)	50	—	50
Armor	32	+4.7	111.9
Magic resist	29	+2.05	63.85
Attack damage	63	+3.4	120.8
Attack speed	0.651	+3.3%	1.016
Attack speed ratio	0.651
Attack range	125
Movement speed	345

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 100
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.1024

ARAM: damage dealt ×1.05 · damage taken ×0.95 · energy regen ×1.2 · tenacity ×1.2

URF: damage dealt ×0.85 · damage taken ×1.1

Abilities

Passive

Contempt for the Weak

Target immunity: 10

Innate: Zed's basic attacks on-hit against targets below 50% maximum health are empowered to deal 5% / 7.5% / 10% (based on level) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage.

Against monsters, Contempt for the Weak deals 75% damage, and is capped at 175 against epic monsters.

Contempt for the Weak cannot occur on the same champion more than once every few seconds.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: See Notes

Notes (5)

The enhanced attack applies other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal (the bonus damage cannot).
Contempt for the Weak is not consumed when dodged or missed, but it is consumed when blocked.
Contempt for the Weak considers the target's health upon landing the attack, not when it's declared.
If the target falls below the threshold while Zed is winding up the attack, Contempt for the Weak applies, and vice versa.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

Razor Shuriken

Cost: 75 / 70 / 65 / 60 / 55 energyCooldown: 6Cast time: 0.25Target range: 925Width: 100Speed: 1700

Active: Zed throws a shuriken in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit, reduced to 60% against targets beyond the first.

Physical Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Reduced Damage: 48 / 72 / 96 / 120 / 144 (+ 60% bonus AD)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (6)

Shurikens blocked by spell shield still count as being hit for the reduced pass-through damage.
Razor Shuriken is special cased to not lock out Living Shadow's recast during its cast time.
Other abilities are locked out and buffered to cast after Razor Shuriken's cast time, as normal.
If Zed buffers an attack command during Razor Shuriken's cast time the attack will perform slower than if Zed had attacked after the cast time.
The same does not happen if Zed recasts Living Shadow during Razor Shuriken's cast time.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Map-specific differences (2)

Base damage changed to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
Bonus AD ratio changed to 110% bonus AD.

Living Shadow

Cost: 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 energyCooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16Cast time: noneTarget range: 325 - 650Effect radius: 2000 • GlobalSpeed: 2500

Passive: Zed restores energy whenever he and his Shadows or multiple Shadows hit an ability on the same target. This may only occur once per cast ability.

Energy Restored: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Active: Zed creates a Shadow that dashes to the target location and remains there for 5.25 seconds, being able to mimic Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash regardless of range. Living Shadow can be recast while within range of the Shadow.

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

If an ability is cast while the Shadow is dashing, it will cast that ability once it has been placed. See Pets for more details about Shadows.

Targeting input: Location • AutoTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (first cast clamped)Affects: SelfGrounded: See Notes

Notes (19)

Zed gains a buff for 5.25 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Living Shadow.
The buff is granted briefly after Living Shadow is cast.
If cast at minimum distance, the buff and the Shadow's individual durations will effectively start at the same time.
If cast at greater than the minimum distance, then the buff's duration will start before the Shadow's duration.
The passive is available while the ability has not been learned. It will grant the energy refund strength at rank 1.
The energy refund is not granted if the mimicked ability is blocked by a spell shield.
Living Shadow's recast can be queued to cast while the Shadow is dashing; the recast will occur once it has been placed.
Living Shadow cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
If Living Shadow is recast during Razor Shuriken's cast, Zed will instantly release the shuriken from the cast location of Razor Shuriken while still remaining in cast time. Once he has swapped places, he will then throw the shuriken that the Shadow would have thrown instead.
Zed will cast Razor Shuriken as he normally would from the new location, but over the remaining cast time and towards the same point of cast.
The Shadow will not throw a shuriken from its new location, but will continue to play the cast animation for Razor Shuriken.
This special interaction does not occur with the swap recast of Death Mark; the recast will be buffered if used during Razor Shuriken's cast.
Zed will swap places with the Shadow by all means if he buffers Living Shadow's recast during its dash.(unexpected)
Living Shadow cannot be recast while Zed is marking his target with Death Mark, but may still be recast if it was buffered.(bug)
If Zed casts Living Shadow while a non- Death Mark Shadow is already present, the previous Shadow will instantly disappear.
If a Shadow expires while in the cast time of Razor Shuriken, the mimicked cast will be cancelled.
Shadows will cast Shadow Slash independently of being in Razor Shuriken's cast time or not.(unexpected)
Shadows spawned from Living Shadow may sometimes last for up to an additional 0.25 seconds.(bug)
Shadows will not disappear when Zed dies.(bug)

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 18 / 17.25 / 16.5 / 15.75 / 15 seconds.

Living Shadow

Cost: 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 energyCooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16Cast time: noneTarget range: 325 - 650Effect radius: 2000 • GlobalSpeed: 2500

Passive: Zed restores energy whenever he and his Shadows or multiple Shadows hit an ability on the same target. This may only occur once per cast ability.

Energy Restored: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

If an ability is cast while the Shadow is dashing, it will cast that ability once it has been placed. See Pets for more details about Shadows.

Targeting input: Location • AutoTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (first cast clamped)Affects: SelfGrounded: See Notes

Notes (19)

Zed gains a buff for 5.25 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Living Shadow.
The buff is granted briefly after Living Shadow is cast.
If cast at minimum distance, the buff and the Shadow's individual durations will effectively start at the same time.
If cast at greater than the minimum distance, then the buff's duration will start before the Shadow's duration.
The passive is available while the ability has not been learned. It will grant the energy refund strength at rank 1.
The energy refund is not granted if the mimicked ability is blocked by a spell shield.
Living Shadow's recast can be queued to cast while the Shadow is dashing; the recast will occur once it has been placed.
Living Shadow cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
If Living Shadow is recast during Razor Shuriken's cast, Zed will instantly release the shuriken from the cast location of Razor Shuriken while still remaining in cast time. Once he has swapped places, he will then throw the shuriken that the Shadow would have thrown instead.
Zed will cast Razor Shuriken as he normally would from the new location, but over the remaining cast time and towards the same point of cast.
The Shadow will not throw a shuriken from its new location, but will continue to play the cast animation for Razor Shuriken.
This special interaction does not occur with the swap recast of Death Mark; the recast will be buffered if used during Razor Shuriken's cast.
Zed will swap places with the Shadow by all means if he buffers Living Shadow's recast during its dash.(unexpected)
Living Shadow cannot be recast while Zed is marking his target with Death Mark, but may still be recast if it was buffered.(bug)
If Zed casts Living Shadow while a non- Death Mark Shadow is already present, the previous Shadow will instantly disappear.
If a Shadow expires while in the cast time of Razor Shuriken, the mimicked cast will be cancelled.
Shadows will cast Shadow Slash independently of being in Razor Shuriken's cast time or not.(unexpected)
Shadows spawned from Living Shadow may sometimes last for up to an additional 0.25 seconds.(bug)
Shadows will not disappear when Zed dies.(bug)

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 18 / 17.25 / 16.5 / 15.75 / 15 seconds.

Shadow Slash

Cost: 40 energyCooldown: 5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3Cast time: noneEffect radius: 315 • 290

Active: Zed slashes to deal physical damage to nearby enemies.

Physical Damage: 70 / 92.5 / 115 / 137.5 / 160 (+ 70% bonus AD)

Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed for 1.5 seconds, with multiple slashes dealing no additional damage but the slow's effectiveness being increased by 50%.

Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Enhanced Slow: 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5 / 60%

Living Shadow's current cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds for each enemy champion hit by Zed's slash.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: See Notes

Notes (9)

An enemy counts as being hit by multiple slashes at once when they are hit by a Shadow Slash from Zed and at least one of his Shadows, or two of his Shadows. In any case, a target can only be damaged by one slash per cast of Shadow Slash.
The enhanced slow strength is applied as long as the enemy is hit by at least two slashes, even if Zed's slash is one of them despite him not being able to apply the base slow himself.
Slashes beyond the second have no additional effect on the target; a third slash against an enemy does not deal damage nor increase the slow's strength (slow effectiveness is capped at 150% of the base strength).
Spell shield will only block one Shadow Slash even if multiple of them hit at the same time, prioritizing blocking the slash from Zed's Shadow.
The damage from at least one slash will always be blocked but still counts for preventing other slashes from applying the damage (other slashes are considered to be additional slashes which are not eligible for dealing the damage).
The slow will be blocked if hit by Zed's slash and a Shadow's slash, due to the latter slash being blocked.
The slow will be applied at base strength if hit by the slashes of two Shadows, due to at least one slash from a Shadow successfully hitting the target with the other slash being blocked (thus preventing the slow from being enhanced).
The slow will be applied at enhanced strength if hit by the slashes of Zed and two of his Shadows, due at least two of the slashes successfully hitting the target (in this case, the slashes from Zed and one of the Shadows).
Shadow Slash does not interrupt attack, movement, or cast commands.

Death Mark

Cooldown: 120 / 110 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 625Effect radius: Global

Active: Zed becomes untargetable and, after a 0.6-second delay, he dashes to 125 units beyond the target enemy champion from his position at the end of the delay over 0.35 seconds. Afterwards, he becomes targetable again, renders the target Marked for Death for 3 seconds, and gains ghosting for the same duration.

Zed also spawns a Shadow at his casting position for 9 seconds which is able to mimic Razor Shuriken and Shadow Slash regardless of range. Death Mark can be recast after 0.5 seconds of his reappearance while the Shadow is active, though not in the last 1.25 seconds of its duration.

Marked for Death: Zed stores a portion of all pre-mitigation physical damage and magic damage he and his Shadows deal to the target, detonating at the end of the duration to deal physical damage.

Physical Damage: 100% AD (+ 25 / 40 / 55% of damage stored)

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

If the target dies or is 1950 or more units away before the dash begins, Death Mark is cancelled, causing the ability to go on a 0.5-second cooldown, Zed to reappear at the cast location, and the Shadow he spawned to disappear.

Targeting input: Unit • AutoTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to cast (first cast)Affects: Self, EnemiesDamage type: Ability damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: See NotesGrounded: DisabledKnockdown: See Notes

Notes (23)

Zed gains a buff for 7.5 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Death Mark.
The buff is granted on-cast and lingers for 0.25 seconds after it expires.
The Shadow is spawned the moment Death Mark is cast.
Zed will track the target if they change locations.
He will dash through the target's previous location while still applying the mark if they are 2200 or more units away.
Zed will become targetable, apply the mark, and gain the ghosting as soon as his dash ends.
The mark will not be applied to the target if they are untargetable by the time Zed's dash ends.
Zed will be ordered to basic attack his target after reappearing.
Death Mark's stored damage derives from all basic attacks, abilities, items, runes and buffs.
While not being a damage mitigation, Death Mark does not store true damage. [1] (unexpected).
Death Mark's Shadow is functionally the same as a regular one, but it lasts longer and can be swapped to regardless of range.
The range at which it mimics Zed's abilities does not change.
Spell shield will only block the mark's application. They will not prevent Zed from initiating Death Mark against the target nor block the detonation from a mark that is already applied.
If Zed dies during Death Mark, the ability will cancel instantly and he will reappear at his current location. The cooldown is not refunded.
If he enters resurrection before the dash, Death Mark does not cancel. If he enters it while dashing, the dash is interrupted.
If the dash is interrupted, Zed stops, places himself to the ground (ends all displacements affecting him, but does not remove airborne effects), and reappears prematurely at his current location. The mark will still be applied regardless.
Zed will remove airborne effects from himself immediately upon starting the dash.
Once Zed begins the dash, two Shadows will also appear to be dashing through his target, each one spawning a certain distance behind the target (from the right and left). These shadows do not mimic abilities and disappear immediately after they stop dashing but they grant sight of their surroundings.
These shadows have a tracking distance of 2200 and a dash speed of 1750.
Death Mark does not cancel if the target enters a zombie state before the dash begins.
If the mark's post-mitigation damage is higher than the target's current health, a spinning shuriken will appear above the victim. This does not necessarily mean the target will die, as it does not consider shields or forms of damage modifiers that are not respected by this predictive calculation.
The following table refers for interactions while Zed is performing Death Mark:
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Map-specific differences (2)

Enemies can only have a single Death Mark on them at a time. Subsequent Death Marks will delete any previous marks, removing all accumulated damage and preventing the detonation.
Individual Death Marks will track the damage dealt by any Zed.

Death Mark

Cooldown: 120 / 110 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 625Effect radius: Global

Marked for Death: Zed stores a portion of all pre-mitigation physical damage and magic damage he and his Shadows deal to the target, detonating at the end of the duration to deal physical damage.

Physical Damage: 100% AD (+ 25 / 40 / 55% of damage stored)

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

Notes (23)

Zed gains a buff for 7.5 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Death Mark.
The buff is granted on-cast and lingers for 0.25 seconds after it expires.
The Shadow is spawned the moment Death Mark is cast.
Zed will track the target if they change locations.
He will dash through the target's previous location while still applying the mark if they are 2200 or more units away.
Zed will become targetable, apply the mark, and gain the ghosting as soon as his dash ends.
The mark will not be applied to the target if they are untargetable by the time Zed's dash ends.
Zed will be ordered to basic attack his target after reappearing.
Death Mark's stored damage derives from all basic attacks, abilities, items, runes and buffs.
While not being a damage mitigation, Death Mark does not store true damage. [2] (unexpected).
Death Mark's Shadow is functionally the same as a regular one, but it lasts longer and can be swapped to regardless of range.
The range at which it mimics Zed's abilities does not change.
Spell shield will only block the mark's application. They will not prevent Zed from initiating Death Mark against the target nor block the detonation from a mark that is already applied.
If Zed dies during Death Mark, the ability will cancel instantly and he will reappear at his current location. The cooldown is not refunded.
If he enters resurrection before the dash, Death Mark does not cancel. If he enters it while dashing, the dash is interrupted.
If the dash is interrupted, Zed stops, places himself to the ground (ends all displacements affecting him, but does not remove airborne effects), and reappears prematurely at his current location. The mark will still be applied regardless.
Zed will remove airborne effects from himself immediately upon starting the dash.
Once Zed begins the dash, two Shadows will also appear to be dashing through his target, each one spawning a certain distance behind the target (from the right and left). These shadows do not mimic abilities and disappear immediately after they stop dashing but they grant sight of their surroundings.
These shadows have a tracking distance of 2200 and a dash speed of 1750.
Death Mark does not cancel if the target enters a zombie state before the dash begins.
If the mark's post-mitigation damage is higher than the target's current health, a spinning shuriken will appear above the victim. This does not necessarily mean the target will die, as it does not consider shields or forms of damage modifiers that are not respected by this predictive calculation.
The following table refers for interactions while Zed is performing Death Mark:
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Map-specific differences (2)

Enemies can only have a single Death Mark on them at a time. Subsequent Death Marks will delete any previous marks, removing all accumulated damage and preventing the detonation.
Individual Death Marks will track the damage dealt by any Zed.

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 90%

Splitworkable · 40%

Attackforced · 10%

Zed deletes the target the moment someone is caught. Enough Split sits in the kit to threaten a side lane once the map opens. Passive Contempt for the Weak adds true bonus magic damage on autos vs sub-50% HP targets, rewarding finishing low-health targets with basic attacks.

Kit quirks

Passive Contempt for the Weak adds true bonus magic damage on autos vs sub-50% HP targets, rewarding finishing low-health targets with basic attacks

W Living Shadow creates a clone that mimics Q and E, and can be recast to swap positions, functioning as both extra burst and an escape/repositioning tool

R Death Mark banks a percentage of all pre-mitigation damage dealt during the mark duration and detonates it at the end, rewarding landing Q/E/autos before the mark expires

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Zed — The Master of Shadows

Class: Assassin
Resource: Energy
Range type: Melee
Adaptive type: Physical
Positions: Jungle, Middle
Released: 2012-11-13 (V1.0.0.151)
Last changed: V26.10
Price: 675 BE · 585 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	654	+99	2337
Health regen (per 5s)	7	+0.65	18.05
Energy	200	—	200
Energy regen (per 5s)	50	—	50
Armor	32	+4.7	111.9
Magic resist	29	+2.05	63.85
Attack damage	63	+3.4	120.8
Attack speed	0.651	+3.3%	1.016
Attack speed ratio	0.651
Attack range	125
Movement speed	345

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 400
Selection height: 100
Selection radius: 100
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.1024

ARAM: damage dealt ×1.05 · damage taken ×0.95 · energy regen ×1.2 · tenacity ×1.2

URF: damage dealt ×0.85 · damage taken ×1.1

Abilities

Passive

Contempt for the Weak

Target immunity: 10

Innate: Zed's basic attacks on-hit against targets below 50% maximum health are empowered to deal 5% / 7.5% / 10% (based on level) of the target's maximum health as bonus magic damage.

Against monsters, Contempt for the Weak deals 75% damage, and is capped at 175 against epic monsters.

Contempt for the Weak cannot occur on the same champion more than once every few seconds.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Proc damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Not BlockedParries: See Notes

Notes (5)

The enhanced attack applies other on-hit effects and can critically strike as normal (the bonus damage cannot).
Contempt for the Weak is not consumed when dodged or missed, but it is consumed when blocked.
Contempt for the Weak considers the target's health upon landing the attack, not when it's declared.
If the target falls below the threshold while Zed is winding up the attack, Contempt for the Weak applies, and vice versa.
The empowered attack will not trigger against structures.

Razor Shuriken

Cost: 75 / 70 / 65 / 60 / 55 energyCooldown: 6Cast time: 0.25Target range: 925Width: 100Speed: 1700

Active: Zed throws a shuriken in the target direction that deals physical damage to enemies hit, reduced to 60% against targets beyond the first.

Physical Damage: 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240 (+ 100% bonus AD)
Reduced Damage: 48 / 72 / 96 / 120 / 144 (+ 60% bonus AD)

Targeting input: DirectionAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Blocked

Notes (6)

Shurikens blocked by spell shield still count as being hit for the reduced pass-through damage.
Razor Shuriken is special cased to not lock out Living Shadow's recast during its cast time.
Other abilities are locked out and buffered to cast after Razor Shuriken's cast time, as normal.
If Zed buffers an attack command during Razor Shuriken's cast time the attack will perform slower than if Zed had attacked after the cast time.
The same does not happen if Zed recasts Living Shadow during Razor Shuriken's cast time.
This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the end of the cast time.

Map-specific differences (2)

Base damage changed to 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 / 240.
Bonus AD ratio changed to 110% bonus AD.

Living Shadow

Cost: 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 energyCooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16Cast time: noneTarget range: 325 - 650Effect radius: 2000 • GlobalSpeed: 2500

Passive: Zed restores energy whenever he and his Shadows or multiple Shadows hit an ability on the same target. This may only occur once per cast ability.

Energy Restored: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

If an ability is cast while the Shadow is dashing, it will cast that ability once it has been placed. See Pets for more details about Shadows.

Targeting input: Location • AutoTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (first cast clamped)Affects: SelfGrounded: See Notes

Notes (19)

Zed gains a buff for 5.25 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Living Shadow.
The buff is granted briefly after Living Shadow is cast.
If cast at minimum distance, the buff and the Shadow's individual durations will effectively start at the same time.
If cast at greater than the minimum distance, then the buff's duration will start before the Shadow's duration.
The passive is available while the ability has not been learned. It will grant the energy refund strength at rank 1.
The energy refund is not granted if the mimicked ability is blocked by a spell shield.
Living Shadow's recast can be queued to cast while the Shadow is dashing; the recast will occur once it has been placed.
Living Shadow cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
If Living Shadow is recast during Razor Shuriken's cast, Zed will instantly release the shuriken from the cast location of Razor Shuriken while still remaining in cast time. Once he has swapped places, he will then throw the shuriken that the Shadow would have thrown instead.
Zed will cast Razor Shuriken as he normally would from the new location, but over the remaining cast time and towards the same point of cast.
The Shadow will not throw a shuriken from its new location, but will continue to play the cast animation for Razor Shuriken.
This special interaction does not occur with the swap recast of Death Mark; the recast will be buffered if used during Razor Shuriken's cast.
Zed will swap places with the Shadow by all means if he buffers Living Shadow's recast during its dash.(unexpected)
Living Shadow cannot be recast while Zed is marking his target with Death Mark, but may still be recast if it was buffered.(bug)
If Zed casts Living Shadow while a non- Death Mark Shadow is already present, the previous Shadow will instantly disappear.
If a Shadow expires while in the cast time of Razor Shuriken, the mimicked cast will be cancelled.
Shadows will cast Shadow Slash independently of being in Razor Shuriken's cast time or not.(unexpected)
Shadows spawned from Living Shadow may sometimes last for up to an additional 0.25 seconds.(bug)
Shadows will not disappear when Zed dies.(bug)

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 18 / 17.25 / 16.5 / 15.75 / 15 seconds.

Living Shadow

Cost: 40 / 35 / 30 / 25 / 20 energyCooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16Cast time: noneTarget range: 325 - 650Effect radius: 2000 • GlobalSpeed: 2500

Passive: Zed restores energy whenever he and his Shadows or multiple Shadows hit an ability on the same target. This may only occur once per cast ability.

Energy Restored: 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

If an ability is cast while the Shadow is dashing, it will cast that ability once it has been placed. See Pets for more details about Shadows.

Targeting input: Location • AutoTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (first cast clamped)Affects: SelfGrounded: See Notes

Notes (19)

Zed gains a buff for 5.25 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Living Shadow.
The buff is granted briefly after Living Shadow is cast.
If cast at minimum distance, the buff and the Shadow's individual durations will effectively start at the same time.
If cast at greater than the minimum distance, then the buff's duration will start before the Shadow's duration.
The passive is available while the ability has not been learned. It will grant the energy refund strength at rank 1.
The energy refund is not granted if the mimicked ability is blocked by a spell shield.
Living Shadow's recast can be queued to cast while the Shadow is dashing; the recast will occur once it has been placed.
Living Shadow cannot be recast while grounded or rooted.
If Living Shadow is recast during Razor Shuriken's cast, Zed will instantly release the shuriken from the cast location of Razor Shuriken while still remaining in cast time. Once he has swapped places, he will then throw the shuriken that the Shadow would have thrown instead.
Zed will cast Razor Shuriken as he normally would from the new location, but over the remaining cast time and towards the same point of cast.
The Shadow will not throw a shuriken from its new location, but will continue to play the cast animation for Razor Shuriken.
This special interaction does not occur with the swap recast of Death Mark; the recast will be buffered if used during Razor Shuriken's cast.
Zed will swap places with the Shadow by all means if he buffers Living Shadow's recast during its dash.(unexpected)
Living Shadow cannot be recast while Zed is marking his target with Death Mark, but may still be recast if it was buffered.(bug)
If Zed casts Living Shadow while a non- Death Mark Shadow is already present, the previous Shadow will instantly disappear.
If a Shadow expires while in the cast time of Razor Shuriken, the mimicked cast will be cancelled.
Shadows will cast Shadow Slash independently of being in Razor Shuriken's cast time or not.(unexpected)
Shadows spawned from Living Shadow may sometimes last for up to an additional 0.25 seconds.(bug)
Shadows will not disappear when Zed dies.(bug)

Map-specific differences (1)

Cooldown changed to 18 / 17.25 / 16.5 / 15.75 / 15 seconds.

Shadow Slash

Cost: 40 energyCooldown: 5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5 / 3Cast time: noneEffect radius: 315 • 290

Active: Zed slashes to deal physical damage to nearby enemies.

Physical Damage: 70 / 92.5 / 115 / 137.5 / 160 (+ 70% bonus AD)

Enemies hit by a Shadow's slash are slowed for 1.5 seconds, with multiple slashes dealing no additional damage but the slow's effectiveness being increased by 50%.

Slow: 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 40%
Enhanced Slow: 30 / 37.5 / 45 / 52.5 / 60%

Living Shadow's current cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds for each enemy champion hit by Zed's slash.

Targeting input: AutoAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: PhysicalSpell shield: See Notes

Notes (9)

An enemy counts as being hit by multiple slashes at once when they are hit by a Shadow Slash from Zed and at least one of his Shadows, or two of his Shadows. In any case, a target can only be damaged by one slash per cast of Shadow Slash.
The enhanced slow strength is applied as long as the enemy is hit by at least two slashes, even if Zed's slash is one of them despite him not being able to apply the base slow himself.
Slashes beyond the second have no additional effect on the target; a third slash against an enemy does not deal damage nor increase the slow's strength (slow effectiveness is capped at 150% of the base strength).
Spell shield will only block one Shadow Slash even if multiple of them hit at the same time, prioritizing blocking the slash from Zed's Shadow.
The damage from at least one slash will always be blocked but still counts for preventing other slashes from applying the damage (other slashes are considered to be additional slashes which are not eligible for dealing the damage).
The slow will be blocked if hit by Zed's slash and a Shadow's slash, due to the latter slash being blocked.
The slow will be applied at base strength if hit by the slashes of two Shadows, due to at least one slash from a Shadow successfully hitting the target with the other slash being blocked (thus preventing the slow from being enhanced).
The slow will be applied at enhanced strength if hit by the slashes of Zed and two of his Shadows, due at least two of the slashes successfully hitting the target (in this case, the slashes from Zed and one of the Shadows).
Shadow Slash does not interrupt attack, movement, or cast commands.

Death Mark

Cooldown: 120 / 110 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 625Effect radius: Global

Marked for Death: Zed stores a portion of all pre-mitigation physical damage and magic damage he and his Shadows deal to the target, detonating at the end of the duration to deal physical damage.

Physical Damage: 100% AD (+ 25 / 40 / 55% of damage stored)

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

Notes (23)

Zed gains a buff for 7.5 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Death Mark.
The buff is granted on-cast and lingers for 0.25 seconds after it expires.
The Shadow is spawned the moment Death Mark is cast.
Zed will track the target if they change locations.
He will dash through the target's previous location while still applying the mark if they are 2200 or more units away.
Zed will become targetable, apply the mark, and gain the ghosting as soon as his dash ends.
The mark will not be applied to the target if they are untargetable by the time Zed's dash ends.
Zed will be ordered to basic attack his target after reappearing.
Death Mark's stored damage derives from all basic attacks, abilities, items, runes and buffs.
While not being a damage mitigation, Death Mark does not store true damage. [1] (unexpected).
Death Mark's Shadow is functionally the same as a regular one, but it lasts longer and can be swapped to regardless of range.
The range at which it mimics Zed's abilities does not change.
Spell shield will only block the mark's application. They will not prevent Zed from initiating Death Mark against the target nor block the detonation from a mark that is already applied.
If Zed dies during Death Mark, the ability will cancel instantly and he will reappear at his current location. The cooldown is not refunded.
If he enters resurrection before the dash, Death Mark does not cancel. If he enters it while dashing, the dash is interrupted.
If the dash is interrupted, Zed stops, places himself to the ground (ends all displacements affecting him, but does not remove airborne effects), and reappears prematurely at his current location. The mark will still be applied regardless.
Zed will remove airborne effects from himself immediately upon starting the dash.
Once Zed begins the dash, two Shadows will also appear to be dashing through his target, each one spawning a certain distance behind the target (from the right and left). These shadows do not mimic abilities and disappear immediately after they stop dashing but they grant sight of their surroundings.
These shadows have a tracking distance of 2200 and a dash speed of 1750.
Death Mark does not cancel if the target enters a zombie state before the dash begins.
If the mark's post-mitigation damage is higher than the target's current health, a spinning shuriken will appear above the victim. This does not necessarily mean the target will die, as it does not consider shields or forms of damage modifiers that are not respected by this predictive calculation.
The following table refers for interactions while Zed is performing Death Mark:
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Map-specific differences (2)

Enemies can only have a single Death Mark on them at a time. Subsequent Death Marks will delete any previous marks, removing all accumulated damage and preventing the detonation.
Individual Death Marks will track the damage dealt by any Zed.

Death Mark

Cooldown: 120 / 110 / 100Cast time: noneTarget range: 625Effect radius: Global

Marked for Death: Zed stores a portion of all pre-mitigation physical damage and magic damage he and his Shadows deal to the target, detonating at the end of the duration to deal physical damage.

Physical Damage: 100% AD (+ 25 / 40 / 55% of damage stored)

Recast - Shadow Swap: Zed and the Shadow blink to swap places.

Notes (23)

Zed gains a buff for 7.5 seconds that indicates and determines the duration in which he may recast Death Mark.
The buff is granted on-cast and lingers for 0.25 seconds after it expires.
The Shadow is spawned the moment Death Mark is cast.
Zed will track the target if they change locations.
He will dash through the target's previous location while still applying the mark if they are 2200 or more units away.
Zed will become targetable, apply the mark, and gain the ghosting as soon as his dash ends.
The mark will not be applied to the target if they are untargetable by the time Zed's dash ends.
Zed will be ordered to basic attack his target after reappearing.
Death Mark's stored damage derives from all basic attacks, abilities, items, runes and buffs.
While not being a damage mitigation, Death Mark does not store true damage. [2] (unexpected).
Death Mark's Shadow is functionally the same as a regular one, but it lasts longer and can be swapped to regardless of range.
The range at which it mimics Zed's abilities does not change.
Spell shield will only block the mark's application. They will not prevent Zed from initiating Death Mark against the target nor block the detonation from a mark that is already applied.
If Zed dies during Death Mark, the ability will cancel instantly and he will reappear at his current location. The cooldown is not refunded.
If he enters resurrection before the dash, Death Mark does not cancel. If he enters it while dashing, the dash is interrupted.
If the dash is interrupted, Zed stops, places himself to the ground (ends all displacements affecting him, but does not remove airborne effects), and reappears prematurely at his current location. The mark will still be applied regardless.
Zed will remove airborne effects from himself immediately upon starting the dash.
Once Zed begins the dash, two Shadows will also appear to be dashing through his target, each one spawning a certain distance behind the target (from the right and left). These shadows do not mimic abilities and disappear immediately after they stop dashing but they grant sight of their surroundings.
These shadows have a tracking distance of 2200 and a dash speed of 1750.
Death Mark does not cancel if the target enters a zombie state before the dash begins.
If the mark's post-mitigation damage is higher than the target's current health, a spinning shuriken will appear above the victim. This does not necessarily mean the target will die, as it does not consider shields or forms of damage modifiers that are not respected by this predictive calculation.
The following table refers for interactions while Zed is performing Death Mark:
Death, unless protected by Resurrection

Map-specific differences (2)

Enemies can only have a single Death Mark on them at a time. Subsequent Death Marks will delete any previous marks, removing all accumulated damage and preventing the detonation.
Individual Death Marks will track the damage dealt by any Zed.

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